Horseshoe.



B. M. TULESKI.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. I915.

1,144,449. Patented June 29, 1915.

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BERNARD 1V1. TULESKI, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB 0F ONE-HALF TOJOHN SUPERZYNSKI, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

HORSES HOE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application filed March 10, 1915. Serial No. 13,430.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD M. TULnsxI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which thefollowing isa specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in horseshoes, and it isan object of the invention to provide a device of this general characterhaving novel and improved means whereby it may be effectively applied inoperative position without the necessity of nails, now generallyemployed.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedhorseshoe whereby certain important advantages are attained andthedevice is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenientand advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theappended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proeed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings,wherein Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a horseshoe constructed inaccordance with an embodiment of my invention, a coacting hoof beingindicated by dotted lines; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view,partly in elevation and partly in section, of the toe portion of myimproved horseshoe; and Fig. 8 is a view in perspective, detached, of aretaining member as herein included.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 11 denote substantiallyduplicate sections comprised in my improved horseshoe of requisiteconfiguration and having their heel portions provided. with the inwardlydisposed extensions 2 pivotally engaged one with the other as indicatedat 3 and the toe extremities of said sections are bent upwardly, asindicated at 4, to overlie the toe of ahoof, as is believed to beclearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the free extremityof each of said toe portions l is bifurcated, as at 5, to receive theelongated shank 6, one extremity whereof being provided with the crosshead 7 while the opposite extremity 8 isthreaded to be detachablyengaged by the retaining member 9, herein disclosed as a conventionalnut or bur. As is believed to be self-evident, upon requisite axialrotation of the retaining member 9, the toe portions of said sections 1will be drawn one toward the other, for a purpose which will hereinafterbe self-evident. Projecting upwardly from each of the sections 1 midwaythereof and disposed on a requisite incline is a retaining plate 10adapted to overlie the side of a hoof and.

having detachably engaged therewith the penetrating pins 11 adapted toimpinge the hoof upon the relative inward movement being imparted to thesections 1 under the influence of the retaining member 9.

As herein embodied, each of the pins 11 has its butt extremity threadedand adapted for engagement within a correspondingly threaded aperture 12suitably produced in a retaining plate 10. It is also to be observedthat one of the toe portions d is provided in its outer face withtransverse groove 1& intersecting the bifurcation 5 thereof and adaptedto accommodate the head 7 of the shank 6, whereby it will be perceivedthat said shank is effectively held against axial rotation when myimproved shoe is in applied position.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that myinvention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive natureand is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenienceand facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obviousthat my invention is susceptible of some change and modification withoutmaterial departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for thisreason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout my invention in practice.

A horseshoe of the character described comprising substantiallyduplicate sections pivotally connected at their heel extremities, thetoe portions of the sections being provided with upstanding extensionsadapted to overlie the hoof, each of said extensions having their freeextremities bifurcated, plates carried by the sections midway thereofand provided with penetrating means, a clamping member adapted to bepositioned within the bifurcated extremities of the toe head whereby theshank is maintained 10 extensions of the sections, said clamping againstaxial rotation.

member comprising a shank provided with In testimony whereof I hereuntoafiix my a cross head, and a retaining member adj ustsignature in thepresence of two Witnesses.

' ably engageable With the shank, the face of one of the toe extensionswith Which the BERNARD TULESKI' head of the shank coacts being providedVitnesses:

with a groove intersecting the bifurcated MAX J. MALLECK,

portion thereof and adapted to receive said THOMAS SUPERzYNsKI.

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Washington, I) G.

